Login to LISSY
LISSY is a remote-execution data access system for the LIS and LWS microdata... learn more ≫
Access DART
Obtain and visualize a rich array of income and wealth indicators disaggregated across several dimensions....learn more ≫
What is LIS?
LIS brochure (pdf 976kb)
LIS is a cross-national data center located in Luxembourg which serves a global community of researchers, educators, and policy makers.
LIS acquires datasets with income, wealth, employment, and demographic data from many high- and middle-income countries, harmonises them to enable cross-national comparisons, and makes them publicly available in two databases, the Luxembourg Income Study Database (LIS) and the Luxembourg Wealth Study Database (LWS).
LIS is an internationally respected venue for cross-national research in the social sciences, serving as a host of international conferences, visiting scholars, and pre-and postdocs and a virtual host for scholarly exchange.
Our mission is to enable, facilitate, promote, and conduct cross-national comparative research on socio-economic outcomes and on the institutional factors that shape those outcomes.
What's new?
2024 Autumn Data Splash
LIS has temporarily paused the addition of new data during this quarter in preparation of an upcoming update to its LIS and LWS databases.
Safety Net or Sieve: The Coverage of Minimum Income Schemes and the New Social Risks
Using micro-data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Database for 17 European countries, this article explores the recipiency of last resort means-tested income support.
The Geography of Inequality in Egypt: Decomposition Analysis and Regional Trends over 1999-2017
Using the Egyptian ERFLIS data, this article further dissects the national inequality levels by breaking them down to the regional level.
Analyzing Migrant Wealth Gaps in Cross-National Perspective Using LWS Data
This article explores wealth disparities between migrant and native populations using data from the Luxembourg Wealth Study.